Improvement in clothes-wringers



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Y .l-licagon the coun- Y ty of: Gookand Stateoi' Illinoi's, have invented a new `and useful ,ImprfovenientV in" .Glothes-Wringers, of fwhichithc `following is a specifi' tion,reference vbeing l The object'andfltureof' mylinventiourelates,to a` hearings v0.- n

` l and there isone at `each end of the'rollers to hold the VWVhen thick garment-s or `several ,thicknesses of clothes are drawn between the rollers, the elastic holders lD allow the rollers to"separate,^so that the'` clothes can'pass` throughrhut, the pressure' increases as the rollers are `thrown apart, and, consequently, the thick garments' receive more pressure, and" also the elastic holders` allow the rhearings ,G to vturn `to an in- `1 .elinedpositionwith the roller;`

1 It will bel observed then, that whatever `positionthe `rollers may assume, relative to` each other,', they always rest evenly n their bearings.

E are pulleys on the rollers B, and

F is a pulley revolvingon a spndleattached tothe frame A.

H is an elastic and F.

:I is a crank-handle, for turning the rollers.

The spindle ou which the pulley F turns is sta.- tionary. Thepulleys E are lirmlysecured to the rollers B;

When the crank-handle Iis turned, the friction of band, passing over' the 'pulleys E Y the belt H upon the other pulleys turns them, and if" the rollers B are pressed apart by thick garments, the

tension of the -belt H is increased, and there will be friction sutlcient to drive the rollers. a a The belt operates equally Well Whether'the rollers are parallel o`r form an angle to each other.. J\ are clamps, hinged to the frame A at K, for

clampingit tothe wash-tub for use.

L are thumb-nuts for tightening the clamps. My wringer is simple, cheap, and durable. It is effective, and Will readily adapt itself to'all the require` ments of machines for that'purpose.

Claim Having described the construction and operation of my improved clothes-wringer,

' What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,isv The pulleys E and F, having` adjustable bearings C, inconibination with the elastic belt H, constructed and arranged substantially as specified andshown.

Witnesses: ROBT. E. FERGUSON.`

Hnrnmcn F. BRUNS, L. L.' COBURN. 

